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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1962
Page
3
A list of local churches with addresses, pastors, and Sunday Mass and service times. Includes St Joseph St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity St Monica St Martha St Margaret Wells Beach First Parish Second Parish Unitarian First Assembly of God Saco United Baptist North Saco Christian Church and Christian Science Society with their respective service schedules.
Listings outline weekly services for Christ and Trinity Episcopal churches in Biddeford Saco and surrounding areas. Times include Holy Communion and Sung Eucharist on Sundays, with sermon, prayers, and parish activities plus nursery and kindergarten programs. Some churches offer vesper services or differing schedules on specific Sundays.
Church notices list services across city congregations. First Universalist and Unitarian churches hold morning worship on Sundays with varying times and locations including Second Parish Unitarian in Saco. Other denominations include Advent Christian, Greek Orthodox, Foss Street Methodist, South Biddeford Methodist, and United Baptist with their respective pastors and Sunday school times.
Goodwins Mills Methodist church morning worship at 9 30 with a sermon and church school lesson study at 10 30 directed by Mrs Attleson. Advent Christian church Rev Lloyd Osborne pastor morning worship at 1 and Sunday school at noon. Lyman Baptist Church Rob ert J Vance pastor Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 1.
Buxton Tory Hill Meeting House and North Congregational Church list morning worship services led by Rev. David W Smith with sessions at 11 and 9 30 respectively.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev Paul Hazlett holds Sunday worship at 11 00 a m and Sunday school at 9 45 a m with classes for all ages through high school Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road led by Rev Robert A Carter offers Sunday worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 30 a m
The notice lists worship times and pastors for several churches in Old Orchard Beach. Old Orchard Beach Methodist on Washington Avenue with Rev John T Stahl. First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston. Faith Tabernacle at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street with Rev Russell A Pier. Salvation Army at 91 Union Avenue with Lt Elizabeth Burnell. Sunday school times are 1 30 p m at the Baptist church and 9 45 a m and 11 a m holiness meetings at Union Avenue HQ.
The schedule lists morning worships at 9 3 and 11 with pastors at Christ Church First Congregational Rev Carl Bierman Kennbunk Baptist Rev Chester Staples and others. Christian Science Society Kennebunk Methodist West Kennebunk Church and Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union share Sunday school at 9 45 or 10 a m and worship at 11 a m.
Advent Sinistian church led by Rev Milford G Butterfield offers a 9 45 am Morning worship service at Village Baptist Church corner Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P Urban as pastor. First Congregational and South Congregational churches on North and Temple streets schedule morning worships around 9 30 to 11 am with Rev Robert M Howes presiding.
Local churches on Wells routes list Sunday worship times and Sunday school sessions. Union services meet at First church near Mile road at 10 30 a m with children heading to classrooms after the story. Other churches include Full Gospel Route 9 A, Wells at 3 p m, Highpine Baptist Route 1 Sanford road 2 p m worship, Wells Branch Freewill Route 9 A 10 30 a m worship, Moody Community Hall 1 30 p m worship with 10 am Sunday school.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape announces Rev Henry O Megert as minister with church school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:45.
Kennebunkport Memorial unit of the American Legion Auxiliary elected officers led by Ruth Bixby as president and Phyllis Perry as first vice president at the Cape Porpoise post home. The slate, installed June 5 by Ruth Stone, includes Virginia Reid, Alberta Redmond, Elizabeth Campbell, Mary Huff, Blanche Drown, and Geraldine Drown.
The menu lists daily meals for two school levels with varied items. Items include American chop suey, turkey, fish sticks, macaroni and cheese, hot turkey sandwiches, soups, salads, vegetables, fruit, desserts, milk, and bread products across the week.
Menu for Arundel during May 14 week lists Monday pork pie with mixed vegetables and dessert. Tuesday turkey with mashed potatoes and spinach dessert. Wednesday Hamburg with potato and corn. Thursday juice with macaroni and cheese. Friday tuna salad on bread with buttered carrots. Also notes a spiced peach half dish with nutmeg butter for dessert.
All Kennebunk school music groups perform at the annual Spring concert sponsored by the Kennebunk Band Roosters club. The final show of the year begins at 8 p m at the High school under Alexander Economos and Miss Eu nice Fitton. The program features the High chorns Park street band Junior High Glee club and High school Concert band with Top Twenty and the Schubert club music award presented by Mrs. Lester G Hathaway in tuition to the University of New Hampshire Summer Music school.
Kennebunk firemen battled a forest fire Friday afternoon behind Libby's toward the railroad tracks. Trucks couldn't reach the scene so lines were laid and crews from Kennebunkport Wildes District and Wells fought the blaze for several hours. Route 1 southbound detoured via Day to Brown Street.
VFW auxiliary agreed to sponsor a Girl Scout for a week at Camp La-Gis-Ca with Virginia Horne chosen. Rotary club discussed church-day connections with Rev. Carl Bierman as speaker. Neighbors report new homes, barn fire slight damage, and visits from relatives to residents on Brown Street and Sea Road.
Old Orchard Beach hosts a Legion auxiliary meeting led by C Fayette Staples unit. Rebekah lodge Past Noble Grands Association meeting postponed a week due to York County event in Springvale. St John by the Sea church notes diocesan conference in Portland next week. Grand Chapter Maine Order of the Eastern Star holds Guiding Light session May 13 to 16 in Portland with related secretary meetings at Corner Stone Poland Street. Journal Want Ads Are Helpful.
Miss Instance Gosselin, a Marie Joseph academy senior, earns the Maine Teachers Association scholastic trophy for high honors on college entrance exams. She will receive the award May 26 at Colby College Waterville with other seniors. Daughter of Leo and Mrs Gosselin of South Bellingham Mass she plans Amherst College Putnam Conn this fall to major in languages. As National Honor Society president and school prefect she was named May Queen and participates in Glee club Student Council and dramatics.
Margaret and Mary Gibb of Holyoke born in 1912 near their base of the spine shared circulatory systems and have never wished for separation. After 1941 they retired from show business, opened a gift shop, and live with their mother and sister family in Holyoke.
The city of St Louis plans a new Mississippi River bridge linking Missouri and Illinois and remove tolls once bonds are retired. The existing so called Free Bridge remains tolled though bonds are paid, with the new bridge intended to be free for public use.
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